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{{short description|Political party in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
| party_name = Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
| logo =
| abbreviation = SKM
| colorcode = {{party color|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}
| chairman = [[Prem Singh Tamang]]
| founder = Prem Singh Tamang
| secretary =
| ppchairman =
| loksabha_leader =
| rajyasabha_leader =
| foundation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|2013|02|04}}
| eci = State Party<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 May 2013|location=India|year=2013}}</ref>
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] (2019–present)<ref>{{cite news|first1=Shiv Sahay|last1=Singh|access-date=2020-04-21|title=SKM stakes claim to govt., joins NDA|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/skm-stakes-claim-to-govt-joins-nda/article27250477.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 May 2019|location=[[Kolkata]]|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|1|543|hex={{party color|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|245|hex={{party color|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}}}
| state_seats_name = [[Legislative Assembly of Sikkim|Sikkim Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|19|32|hex={{party color|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}}}
| colours = Red {{Colorsample|{{party color|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}}}
| ideology = [[Democratic socialism]]
| headquarters = [[Gangtok]], [[Sikkim]]
| publication =
| symbol =[[File:Symbol SKM.png|150px]]
| flag = Sikkim Krantikari Morcha flag.png
| website = {{URL|https://www.myskm.org/}}
}}
'''Sikkim Krantikari Morcha''' ([[translation]]: ''Sikkim Revolutionary Front'') is a political party in the [[India]]n state of [[Sikkim]] which was the ruling party of Sikkim in 2020.

[[Prem Singh Tamang|P.S. Golay]], a former member of the [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]], was one of the prominent figures of the [[Sikkim Democratic Front]] (SDF), and was a minister in the government of Sikkim. Since December 2009 he has been a vocal critic of [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]], the President of the SDF and the former [[Chief Minister (India)|chief minister]] of Sikkim.<ref>[http://himalayanmirror.net/upload/13600542801.pdf ''Himalayan Mirror'', 5 February 2013, p.1.] (pdf)</ref> He started the party Sikkim Krantikari Morcha on 4 February 2013. Golay became the Chief Minister of Sikkim on 28 May 2019, thus ending the 25-year-rule of Chamling.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/sikkim-assembly/who-is-ps-golay-the-new-chief-minister-of-sikkim/article27262867.ece | title=Who is P.S. Golay, the new chief minister of Sikkim | date=27 May 2019 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=30 August 2019 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/new-sikkim-chief-minister-ps-golay-announced-5-day-working-week-for-government-employees-1536514-2019-05-28 New Sikkim Chief Minister PS Golay announced 5-day working week for government employees]</ref>

== History ==

=== 2014 election ===
On 4 February 2013, SKM was established at [[Soreng]], a western city of Sikkim. [[Bharati Sharma (politician)|Bharati Sharma]] was elected the Working President of SKM who is the first female leader of the political party in Sikkim.

In September 2013 P.S. Golay formally seceded from SDF and became the Party President of SKM.<ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130905/jsp/siliguri/story_17312309.jsp#.UycKpoWF_Po Golay says bye to SDF, finally]''The Telegraph'', 4 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2014.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Why Sikkim is more excited about assembly polls than Lok Sabha elections {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|url = http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/standpoint-why-sikkim-is-more-excited-about-assembly-polls-than-lok-sabha-elections-1974542|access-date = 2015-09-25}}</ref>

SKM contested [[2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|assembly election]] from all 32 constituencies which were held on 12 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/standpoint-why-sikkim-is-more-excited-about-assembly-polls-than-lok-sabha-elections-1974542|title=Why Sikkim is more excited about assembly polls than Lok Sabha elections?|date= 2 April 2014|work=DNA|access-date =11 May 2014}}</ref> SKM won 10 seats and became the second largest party and opposition in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly. They secured 40.8% votes in the election. The former [[Chief Minister of Sikkim]] [[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]] gave his unconditional support to SKM party withdrawing his party [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad]] from participation in elections, 2014 and played an active role during campaigning phase of SKM party. Likely Former Chief Minister of Sikkim [[B. B. Gurung]] shown his support to SKM party, resigning from ruling SDF party.<ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/sdf-sweeps-sikkim-polls-114051601318_1.html SDF sweeps Sikkim polls]''Business Standard'', 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.</ref><ref name=ecia>{{cite web|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6PcYdpX1y?url=http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/AC/PartyWiseResult.htm|url=http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/AC/PartyWiseResult.htm|title=Partywise assembly election result status|work=ECI|archive-date=2014-05-16}}</ref>

For the by-poll of Sikkim Legislative Assembly which were held 13 September 2014, SKM established the alliance with [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), and supported [[Bikash Basnet]] who was a candidate of BJP.<ref>[http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-13/news/53877138_1_rangang-yangang-namchi-singhithang-sikkim-krantikari-morcha Voting starts for Sikkim assembly seat]''The Economic Times'', 13 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014. Basnet was a SKM candidate on the Sikkim Legislative Assembly Election of April 2014.</ref>

In 2017, SKM elected MLA [[Kunga Nima Lepcha]] as Acting President of the party and Similarly [[M.P. Subba]] and [[Navin Karki]] as Working President. Party also appointed Arun Upreti as Secretary General of the party.

=== 2019 election ===
The party came close to allying with [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] before the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 Indian Election]] but decided to fight alone.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/skm-parts-ways-with-bjp-in-sikkim/articleshow/68432996.cms SKM parts ways with BJP in Sikkim]</ref> After the [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election]] it decided to join the [[National Democratic Alliance]] on May 26, 2019 led by the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-05-26|title=SKM stakes claim to govt., joins NDA|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/skm-stakes-claim-to-govt-joins-nda/article27250477.ece#!|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-28|website=}}</ref>

They contested on all 32 constituencies of the [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]] and won 17 constituencies, thus ending [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]]'s 25-year rule in Sikkim.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sikkim-lok-sabha-assembly-election-results-2019-live-updates/liveblog/69453668.cms SKM wins 17 assembly seats, set to form govt]</ref>

[[Indra Hang Subba]] won the [[Sikkim (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency]] by defeating his nearest rival of [[Sikkim Democratic Front]] [[Dek Bahadur Katwal]] 12,443 margin.<ref>[https://www.firstpost.com/politics/sikkim-lok-sabha-election-result-2019-live-updates-close-contest-between-indra-hang-subba-from-skm-and-dek-bahadur-katwal-from-sdf-6648981.html SKM's Indra Hang Subba wins lone LS seat in Sikkim]</ref>

== Electoral results ==
; [[Sikkim Legislative Assembly]] election
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year || Total Seats || Seats Contested || Seats Won || Forfeited Deposits || % Votes Contested || Source
|-
| [[2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2014]] || 32 || 32 || 10 || 0 || 42.07 || <ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2014 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIKKIM|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3365-sikkim-2014/|publisher=ECI|access-date=25 November 2019|year=2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|2019]] || 32 || 32 || 17 || 0 || 47.03 || <ref>{{cite news|title=SKM ends Chamling's 25-year rule|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article27321226.ece|newspaper=FRONTLINE|access-date=26 November 2019|date=7 June 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2019 (by-election) || 3 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 84.00 || <ref>{{cite news|title=Final result of Poklok-Kamrang bye-poll|url=https://www.facebook.com/sikkimexpress/photos/a.130585913754096/1943209899158346/?type=3&theater|newspaper=SikkimExpress (Facebook)|access-date=22 November 2019|date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
|}

; [[Sikkim (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lok Sabha election, Sikkim]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year || Total Seats || Seats Contested || Seats Won || Forfeited Deposits || % Votes Contested || Source
|-
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]] || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||39.47 || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS211.htm?ac=1|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|publisher=Election Commission of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517135150/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS211.htm?ac=1|archive-date=17 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]] || 1 ||1 ||1 ||0 || 47.46 || <ref>{{cite news|title=Sikkim Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Live|url=https://www.news18.com/lok-sabha-elections-2019/sikkim/sikkim-election-result-s21p01/|newspaper=News18|access-date=20 November 2019|date=27 May 2019}}</ref>
|}

== Frontal Organisation ==
* Sikkim Krantikari Krishak Morcha
* Sikkim Krantikari Nari Morcha
* Sikkim Krantikari Yuva Morcha
* Sikkim Krantikari Shramik Morcha
* Sikkim Krantikari Vidyarthi Morcha
* Sikkim Krantikari Vyapari Morcha
* Sikkim Krantikari Chalak Morcha
* Sikkim Krantikari Avakashprapta Sainik Morcha
* Sikkim Krantikari Avakashprapta Karmachari Morcha

== Chief Ministers ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope=col| No
!scope=col| Name
!scope=col colspan=2| Term
!scope=col colspan=2| Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}
!scope=col| Tenure
!Ref
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 1
| [[Prem Singh Tamang|Golay]]
||27 May 2019
|Incumbent
| Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
|width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Sikkim Krantikari Morcha}}" |
|{{age in days|2019|5|27}} days
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Shiv Sahay |title=P.S. Golay sworn in as Sikkim Chief Minister |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/sikkim-assembly/ps-golay-sworn-in-as-sikkim-chief-minister/article27259921.ece |work=The Hindu |date=27 May 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
|}

== See also ==
* [[Prem Singh Tamang ministry]]

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Indian political parties}}

[[Category:Sikkim Krantikari Morcha| ]]
[[Category:2013 establishments in Sikkim]]
[[Category:Political parties in Sikkim]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2013]]

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha - Revision history

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